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English: Full Sky Observatory

The gas and dust cloud surrounding Comet Holmes is expanding at a rate of about 42000km/day. [1] This plot simulates the retrograde motion of Comet Holmes over 120 days (60 frames) after the outburst, showing the diameter increase over time. (It will continue to get harder to see visually as its surface brightness falls, but a cloud like this may continue to be visible over the coming weeks and months.)

On each frame, yellow dots show the position of the comet in the previous and following 30-days.

Contrast to actual photo composite of the comet showing the motion and expansion at [2].

Orbital elements from [3]
Date 17 November 2007 (original upload date)
Source Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Drilnoth using CommonsHelper.
Author Tomruen at English Wikipedia

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  • 2007-11-17 07:41 Tomruen 471×407× (338028 bytes) Slightly larger, less star names
  • 2007-11-17 07:33 Tomruen 320×273× (584567 bytes) [[Comet Holmes]] is expanding at a rate of about 42000km/day. [http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/holmes.html] This plot simulates the retrograde motion of Comet Holmes over 120 days (60 frames) after the outburst, showing the diameter increase over

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